Improvement in sweat-leathers for hats



G. H. DIMOND. '-.Sweat-Leatherfor Hats.

No. 209,812. Patented Noy. 12,1878.

METERS. PHOTO-UTHGGRAPNER. wAmNGYDn. D. C.'

UNITED SIA'IEsPATENT OEEIoEf GEORGE H. DIMOND, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.'

IMPROVEMENT IN SWEAT-LEATHERS FOR HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,872, dated November-12, 1878; application filed october 31, 181e.

To all lwhom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. DIMoND, of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improved Sweat-Leather, which is fully set forth in the following specification ,and accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 shows the 'reed and covering; Fig. 2, the sweatleather; Fig. 3, the way the reed and its coverin gare united to the sweat-leather. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the sweat-leather complete. l

Theobject of my invention is to produce a sweat-leather for coverings for the head which shall be more effectually stretched whilevbeing formed than has heretofore been practicable, so that the lower edge thereof shall be larger than the upper, to permit a flare to be turned at the .junction of the crown and sweatleather, to make a round, smooth linish, keep l the hair out of contact with the felt, and prevent perspiration from soiling it. These ends have been heretofore to some extent attained by stretching the sweat-leather when it was inserted in the hat vor after it was formed.

A represents the sweat-leather 5 B, the reedcovering; C, the reed.

I unite them to produce my improved sweatleather, as follows: First, turn over both edges ot' the sweat-leather by hand or any suitable gage or folding device, it having been preover and Without the edge ofthe crown, as

before explained.

It is not essential to paste down the edges of the lapped sweat-leather; but a much irrner and better finished edge will be obtained by pasting.

It is well to pass the reed-covered and l stitched sweat-leather through another set of rolls, to finally stretch the linished and united parts; but that is not essential to my inventionfwhich I claim to be- The combination of a lapped and stretched edge sweat-leather with a covered reed, united and formed substantially as described.

GEORGE H. DIMOND.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. RIPLEY, A. STEWARD, S. R. BAYLES. 

